(December 14, 2016, 1:02 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Dec. 12 delayed deciding an appeal of an apartment security deposit class complaint until after the Massachusetts Supreme Court rules on a treble damages provision question concerning the state’s Security Deposit Law (Scott Phillips, et al. v. Equity Residential Management, L.L.C., No. 16-1254, 1st Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 22033)....